Line #10 Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E19


1	'''Season 2, Episode 19''':
2	!Trojan Horse
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4	The Machine produces the number of an executive at a computer company who is beginning to suspect that a recently deceased employee of hers might have been involved in industrial espionage. In the meantime, Cal Beecher starts looking into the source of the information that caused him to accuse the late Detective Szymanski of being a DirtyCop.
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7	!!Tropes present in this episode include:
8	* AngryGuardDog: Averted when Bear doesn't warn Finch that Shaw was in the Library. Played straight later when he chases the company security guards.
9	* BaitAndSwitch:
10	-->'''Beecher:''' Did you give money to Szymanski?
11	-->'''Elias:''' Absolutely. ''({{beat}})'' And he threw it in our faces. He was clean, and you got played by HR.
12	* BaitAndSwitchComparison: Shaw gives us this gem -
13	--> "You think I should have a hobby. Now, what would that be? Hanging around a derelict library with you, your poorly-socialized guard dog... and Bear here?"
14	* BigFriendlyDog: Bear with Shaw.
15	-->'''Finch:''' Traitor!
16	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Monica's assistant Jerome really isn't as nice as she thought.
17	* BulletProofHumanShield: Reese uses a Chinese Spy as one.
18	* CallBack:
19	** Reese tells Shaw that a "friend" [[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E08 once told him]] that in their line of work, they walk in the dark. He then adds that it doesn't mean they have to walk alone.
20	** Also Monica remarks that she has a job offer from IFT, the company where Finch was working as a low level clerk in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E02 Ghosts]]"--and which he and Nathan Ingram owned.
21	** Like Christopher Zambrano in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS02E05 Bury the Lede]]," Beecher looked to be one of the bad guys, and we only learned otherwise after he was murdered.
22	** As in "[[Recap/PersonOfInterestS01E09 Get Carter]]", a detective is set up to be murdered through one of their informants.
23	* ChairReveal: Haskell, only he's been shot dead.
24	* ChessMotifs: Elias uses his chess set to explain the situation to both Finch and Cal.
25	* ClickHello:
26	-->'''Reese:''' Hello, Shaw.
27	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Martin Baxter. Subverted with Ross Haskell.
28	* CoverIdentityAnomaly: It all started when Monica tried to send flowers to dead colleague's parents--only to learn that there were no such people.
29	* DeadlyEuphemism: Quinn ordering Beecher's death:
30	--> '''Quinn''': I always told Cal to be careful. Being a cop is a dangerous job.
31	* DueToTheDead: Northern Lights has spread media disinformation that Shaw's partner Cole was a domestic terrorist. Finch uses his hacking skills to feed the media a story that Cole was a CIA agent. Although Shaw never says so, Finch helping to clear Cole's name is clearly the reason she's considering joining his RagtagBunchOfMisfits.
32	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Simmons was the closest we've seen him get to being shocked when Quinn decided to have his godson killed for learning too much. This trope is consistent with his decision to withdraw support for Elias in "Flesh and Blood", once Finch points out that Simmons's family - and that of everyone in HR - is being watched by Elias's people.
33	* EverybodyDidIt: Monica is one of the few people in the company that ''isn't'' a spy.
34	* ExplosiveInstrumentation: The spies back-hack Finch's laptop and blow it up.
35	* FlockOfWolves: Around half of the company management are Chinese spies.
36	* FrameUp: Monica is framed for being a spy.
37	* GeekyTurnOn: Monica and Finch bond over hacking. Reese asks if they'd rather he left them alone.
38	* GoryDiscretionShot: Thankfully, we don't actually see Martin shoot himself in the head.
39	* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Subverted. After a classic setup, turns out that the man Monica told wasn't a spy--''everyone else'' in the company was.
40	* HeyWait: Monica appears to have noticed Finch force-pairing her phone, but she actually saw his notebook with the latest processor.
41	* HiddenInPlainSight: At the end, Finch has a discussion with Reese about the nature of Rylatech and Greer is talking over the phone about the same subject. The two parties are discussing about their findings about each other when their paths literally cross, but both ignore one other as they have no idea exactly whom they just encountered.
42	* IronicEcho: Greer promises to track down Finch and render him 'irrelevant'.
43	* KickedUpstairs: Simmons suggests this to Quinn as a way of dealing with Cal Beecher, and is shocked when his boss decides that MurderIsTheBestSolution.
44	* LaserGuidedKarma: Baxter intends to kill Monica and make it look like she killed herself after murdering Haskell, only to end up shooting himself.
45	* LeaveBehindAPistol: Greer does this ''over the phone'' with the victim using his own gun. Evil, but impressive.
46	* TheManBehindTheMan: Greer notes that the Chinese intelligence services will take the blame for the scandal, while Decima's involvement is unknown.
47	* MoleInCharge: Detective Terney is revealed to be in charge of Szymanski's murder investigation.
48	* OhCrap:
49	** Finch when Shaw shows up in the library.
50	---> '''Shaw''': It's not nice when someone hunts you down, now is it?
51	** The Rylatech corporate security {{Mooks}} when faced with Bear.
52	** Baxter when Greer calls him.
53	* PercussivePickpocket: Reese casually shoulder-checking the R&D boss to grab the USB stick for Finch. (Note: Finch was about to contrive a rather complicated plan to get the data on the stick until Reese announced he had a simpler way.)
54	* PetTheDog: A literal example where Shaw pets Bear just as she leaves the library. Another example in that Finch apparently casually hacked the CIA, faked an employee profile, and leaked documents about Cole's death so that his reputation would be cleared, if posthumously.
55	* {{Revenge}}: Shaw sees Root's picture on TheBigBoard, so decides tracking down the woman who tried to torture her sounds like a good job.
56	* SecretTestOfCharacter: Subverted. Shaw assumes that Finch giving her a number to call if she wants a job meant he wanted her to find him. [[StatingTheSimpleSolution Finch figured she'd just call the number.]]
57	* SexySecretary: Monica's assistant Jerome isn't bad looking at all.
58	* ShoutOut: Two of the characters are named [[Series/{{Friends}} Monica and Ross]].
59	* SlaveToPR: Martin, the founder of Rylatech. His explanation of why he made his company a subsidiary of Decima and other Chinese intelligence agencies, and is now going to murder Monica, is a NewEraSpeech couched in the language of a corporate press release.
60	* ThatsWhatIWouldDo: How Reese knows Shaw was planning to tell her dead partner's parents how their son really died.
61	* UnwittingPawn: Monica, Haskell, and Cal.
62	* WeAreEverywhere: When Reese roughs up Jerome, he just smirks. "You're wasting your time. There are too many of us."
63	* WeNeedADistraction: Bear is sent in with Monica's ID card around the dog's neck.
64	* WhamLine: Lee wasn't spying for a company, he was spying for his country! ''We just picked a fight with the People's Republic of China!''
65	* WhoAreYou: "Right now, an easy target."
66	* YouAreNotAlone: Reese to Shaw. She doesn't bite.

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